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    Stuck WiFi switch on 7811.

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by travfar, Dec 18, 2008.

  1. travfar

    travfar Notebook Evangelist

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    I got one of those refurb 7811 from TigerDirect. Everything seems perfect except for the WiFi switch. It's stuck in the "on" position, but my WiFi appears to be off. Is there a WiFi light? What I think happenned was that the switch on the MB was in the off position but then they stuck the plastic switch over it in the on position. So it's no linked up right and thus stuck. How hard would it be to get to that switch to fix it? Is there a way to turn the WiFi on/off without using the physical master switch? I tried alt-f2 but that doesn't seem to do anything.
     
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    BigHops323 Notebook Deity

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    fn+f2 is the toggle. if it is stuck off on the mobo you'll have to take it apart to fix it.
     
    BigHops323, Dec 18, 2008
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    Yeah, that's what I thought. I'll have to take the base off. I'm stress testing right now. If that lasts then I'll do it. If not, it's going back anyways.
     
    travfar, Dec 18, 2008
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